Foundations of Infectious Disease: A Public Health Perspective

2020-03-16 Medical

Author : David P Adams
Release : 2020-03-16
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Foundations of Infectious Disease: A Public Health Perspective written by David P Adams. This book was released on 2020-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to introduce senior undergraduates and graduate students in public health and nursing to the study of infectious disease, Foundations of Infectious Disease: A Public Health Perspective places the study of infectious diseases squarely into its social, historical, and scientific context to demonstrate how it applies to the public and community health setting. Beginning with an introductory chapter that surveys how infectious diseases have impacted human societies over the centuries, this broad descriptive text moves on to examine epidemiological concepts related to infectious disease, from outbreak and epidemic investigations, to study design infectious disease transmission and prevention. Subsequentially, it delves into infectious disease topics of concern to today's public and community health professionals: sexually transmitted infections, foodborne infections, healthcare-acquired infections, and neglected tropical diseases.

Public Health and Infectious Diseases

2010-03-09 Medical

Author : Jeffrey Griffiths
Release : 2010-03-09
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Public Health and Infectious Diseases written by Jeffrey Griffiths. This book was released on 2010-03-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging infectious diseases may be defined as diseases being caused by pathogens only recently recognized to exist. This group of diseases is important globally, and the experience of the last 30 years suggests that new emerging diseases are likely to bedevil us. As the global climate changes, so changes the environment, which can support not only the pathogens, but also their vectors of transmission. This expands the exposure and effects of infectious disease and, therefore, the importance of widespread understanding of the relationship between public health and infectious disease. Public Health and Infectious Diseases brings together chapters that explain reasons for the emergence of these infectious diseases. These include the ecological context of human interactions with other humans, with animals that may host human pathogens, and with a changing agricultural and industrial environment, increasing resistance to antimicrobials, the ubiquity of global travel, and international commerce. Features the latest discoveries related to influenza with a newly published article by Davidson Hamer and Jean van Seventer Provides a listing of rare diseases that have become resurgent or spread their geographic distribution and are re-emergent Highlights dengue and malaria, as well as agents such as West Nile and other arboviruses that have spread to new continents causing widespread concerns Includes discussions of climate influencing the spread of infectious disease and political and societal aspects

The Microbial Challenge

2014 Medical

Author : Robert I. Krasner
Release : 2014
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book The Microbial Challenge written by Robert I. Krasner. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microbes play a highly significant role in our daily lives as agents of infectious disease and are a major public health concern. The third edition of The Microbial Challenge: A Public Health Perspective addresses this topic and has been extensively revised and updated with the latest data in a fast-paced field. It focuses on human-microbe interactions and considers bacterial, viral, prion, protozoan, fungal and helminthic (worm) diseases. A chapter on beneficial aspects of microbes makes it clear that not all microbes are disease producers and that microbes are necessary for the sustenance of life on Earth. The response of the immune system, concepts of epidemiology, and measures of control from the individual to the international level to thwart potentially life-threatening epidemics are described. Sections on fungi and fungal diseases are new. The third edition includes new and contemporary information on vaccinations, antibiotic resistant microbes, practical disinfection information, virotherapy and emerging diseases. New boxes throughout the text feature items of human interest such as big and bizarre viruses, probiotics, rats, and synthetic biology. Ancillary instructor and student resources have been updated and expanded including the end of the chapter Self Evaluations. New and Key Features of the Third Edition: -New end-of-chapter questions included in every chapter. -A wealth of new feature boxes add a real-world perspective to the topics at hand. -New data on virotherapy and prions as infectious agents -New and updated statistics and data tables included throughout the text -Includes the latest on emerging and reemerging infectious diseases as major health problems

Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health

2017 Medical

Author : Roger Detels
Release : 2017
Genre : Medical
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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Global Public Health written by Roger Detels. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixth edition of the hugely successful, internationally recognised textbook on global public health and epidemiology, with 3 volumes comprehensively covering the scope, methods, and practice of the discipline

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